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'A hugely enjoyable novel ... fast moving, complex and deeply satisfying' - Joanne Harris
‘Lie back on your ottoman and relax. Katie Hickman will take you to a magical land ... this is a box of Turkish delight' - Independent
‘Forbidden love, sailors and secrets - fasten your seat belts for Hickman's period tome ... Think Jane Austen meets Pirates of the Caribbean' - In Style
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A stunning tale of intrigue in the Sultan's harem from the bestselling author of Daughters of Britannia
Elizabeth Stavely sits in the Bodleian Library, her hands trembling as she holds a fragment of parchment, the key to a story untold for four hundred years ...
Constantinople 1599: the English merchant Paul Pindar must deliver an extraordinary gift to the Sultan. Grieving for his lost love, drowned in a shipwreck, he hears rumours of a new golden-haired slave in the Sultan's harem. Could this be his Celia?
- ISBN10 0747596441
- ISBN13 9780747596448
- Publish Date 2 February 2009 (first published 7 April 2008)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format Paperback
- Pages 448
- Language English
- URL http://bloomsbury.com/Trade/